San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-26
COUSIN DOLLIE.

Two whole hours yet-one hundred
and twenty minutesl And each min
ute carrying her farther and farther
away from the civilized world
No wonder Dora Nugent shrugged
her shoulders-pretty shoulders they
were; only her thick traveling-jacket
concealed them sOmewhat-and looked
anything but resigned. A solitary
journey toO-her great abhOrrencel
For the train was about to start, and
she was the sole occupant of the COM
partment.
Presently, elbowing his way through
the crowd, came a lOng-legged young
fellow-whether man or boy her cur
sorry glance did not reveal. His pro-
portions were certainly those of man,
and of herculean specimen to boot,
albeit somewhat ungainly; but the face,
fresh, ingenious, guiltless of mus
tache or whisker, was that of boy.
AS the tall form appeared on the plat
form, DOra-Or DOllie, as she was more
frequently called - leaned forward
eagerly.
Il hope he will get in here-I hate
travelling alOnem But, as he turned,
and she obtained a fuller view of his
face, she changed her mind, and
shrank back into her corner, murmur-
ing, NO, | don't, though. 1t would be
worse, a thousand times worse than
travelling by myself. A great, gawky
overgrown schOOlboy"
To her relief, he passed, and began
hurriedly to scan the second-class car
riages. They were crowded. At that
moment a porter came running up to
him.
"Second-class all full, sir! Trains
just starting! You'll have to go first"
They were very close to the carriage
in which Dollie was comfortably en-
sconced, and she heard clear loud
voice exclaim jovially-
"All the better for mel Travelling
first with secOnd-claSs ticket is what
call good joker
Dollie smiled half cOntemptuously at
the frank naive speech, Most of the
young men of her acquaintance would
have accepted the inevitable with re-
signed expression, as il they Infinitely
preferred travelling second-class, and
felt aggrieved that this abomina6le
crush" compelled them to sacrifice
their inclinations and travel first at
second-class fare, But this loud-voiced
being was not man, still less man
of the world. So Dollie, who was a
very woman of the wOrld-in her own
estimation-smiled superior smile.
But the smile died away in look of
utter disgust as the door was flung
open and the being with the loud voice
made a rapid entrance. Then the
scream of the whistle was heard, and
the train moved slowly out of the sta
ton.
"Oh, dear-how unspeakably proyok-
ing! Now l can't put up my feet, take
off my hat, and go comfortably to sleep.
/ have. good mind to do so, all the
same; he is only bOy-and | don't
snore, thank goodness! But, if it had
only been somebody nice-ahl"-and
she heaved sigh of regret.
Dollie had a shocking disregard, and
even contempt, for society's MINOR pro-
| prieties. On the most trivial and shall
| low pretence she would enter into con-
| versation in train. Either she want
/ ed the window open or shut. Or she
would look so lOngingiy, SO wistfully
at a newspaper as to charm it out Of
! its owners hands-a most difficult Jug
! Cling feat, and one which few young
! ladies could contrive to perform. Next
she would proceed TO ask some pretty